梅の香や象に踏まれてみたくなり　　岡村知昭

ume no ka ya zô ni fumarete mitaku nari

            scent of plum blossoms–

            I just want to be trodden on

            by an elephant

                                                Tomoaki Okamura

from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine,  January 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo